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  • Agamemnon

    by Aeschylus ...
    Series series The Works of Aeschylus presented by Kobo Editions
    At war with Troy for ten years, Agamemnon finally returns home to his kingdom. His wife Cytemnestra is publicly glad to see him, yet plots to murder her husband and his new concubine. Seeking vengeance for the sacrifice of her daughter Iphigenia to the goddess Artemis ten years earlier, will the queen succeed in taking the crown of Mycenae for herself? Or will loyalty to her king win out in the ... Read more

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  • The Oresteia

    by Aeschylus ...
    Series series Signature Editions
    **Aeschylus's epic Greek tragedy about a curse of blood and vengeance befalling a royal family, now repackaged for Union Square & Co.'s Signature Editions line.  **The only complete Greek trilogy to survive antiquity, The Oresteia chronicles the curse on the house of Atreus in the form of a vicious cycle of revenge. The first play, Agamemnon, follows the events of The Iliad, in which King ... Read more

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  • Prometheus Bound and Other Plays

    by Aeschylus ...
    Often recognized as the father of tragedy, this collection of plays by the ancient Greek soldier and playwright Aeschylus is a testament to his skill and enduring legacy in the history of theatre. In "Suppliant Maidens," the fifty daughters of Danaus flee from marriages to the fifty sons of their uncle, showing an obedience to their father that has tragic consequences. "The Persians" is thought to ... Read more

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  • The Libation Bearers

    by Aeschylus ...
    In Aeschylus' The Libation Bearers, the second play of his Oresteia trilogy, the story continues the cycle of vengeance that began with the murder of Agamemnon. The play opens with Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, returning to Argos to avenge his father's death. Commanded by Apollo, Orestes and his sister Electra plot to kill Agamemnon's murderers-their mother Clytemnestra and her ... Read more

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  • The Complete Aeschylus

    by Aeschylus ...
    Aeschylus was a Greek playwright who is considered to be the father of tragedy. Aeschylus was believed to have written at least 70 plays but only 7 have survived. This collection includes the following plays: The Persians The Seven Against Thebes The Suppliants Prometheus Bound Agamemnon (The Oresteia - 1) The Choephori (The Oresteia - 2) The Eumenides (The Oresteia - 3) ... Read more

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  • Prometheus Bound and Other Plays

    by Aeschylus ...
    Often recognized as the father of tragedy, this collection of plays by the ancient Greek soldier and playwright Aeschylus is a testament to his skill and enduring legacy in the history of theatre. In "Suppliant Maidens," the fifty daughters of Danaus flee from marriages to the fifty sons of their uncle, showing an obedience to their father that has tragic consequences. "The Persians", thought to ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • The Oresteia

    Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides

    by Aeschylus, Robert Fagles, W. B. Stanford ...
    Translated by Robert Fagles ...
    One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time.In the Oresteia, Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Prometheus Bound

    by Aeschylus ...
    Translated by Joel Agee ...
    Prometheus Bound is the starkest and strangest of the classic Greek tragedies, a play in which god and man are presented as radically, irreconcilably at odds. It begins with the shock of hammer blows as the Titan Prometheus is shackled to a rock in the Caucasus. This is his punishment for giving the gift of fire to humankind and for thwarting Zeus’s decision to exterminate the human race. ... Read more

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  • Four Plays of Aeschylus

    by Aeschylus ...
    Agamemnon: This is the first play in the Oresteia trilogy, focusing on the return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War. His homecoming is marred by betrayal, as his wife, Clytemnestra, seeks revenge for the sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia. The play delves into themes of vengeance, guilt, and the consequences of moral choices, setting the stage for the tragic events that follow.The Libation ... Read more

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  • The Seven Against Thebes

    by Aeschylus ...
    "The Seven Against Thebes" is a tragedy play by Aeschylus, one of the greatest ancient Greek playwrights. It was first performed in 467 BC at the City Dionysia festival in Athens.The play tells the story of two brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, who are fighting for the throne of Thebes. Eteocles has the support of the city and the army, while Polyneices has been exiled and seeks to return with a ... Read more

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  • The Oresteian Trilogy

    Agamemnon; The Choephori; The Eumenides

    by Aeschylus ...
    The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Erinyes. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder.The only extant example of an ancient Greek theater trilogy, the Oresteia won first prize at the Dionysia festival in 458 BC. When originally performed, ... Read more

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    Prometheus Bound

    by Aeschylus, E.H. Plumptre ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 12 min

    When a jealous Zeus discovers that the compassionate Titan, Prometheus, has introduced the gift of fire to liberate mere mortals from oppression and servitude, he has Prometheus bound to a rocky prison in the Scythian desert, where the god discloses the reason for his punishment – And in one brief sentence learn the whole at once—All arts among the human race are from Prometheus. Prometheus Bound ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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